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2000s

David Park: Swallowing the Sun

February 12, 2018May 25, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews David Park’s Swallowing the Sun.

Categories Book Reviews, David Park Tags 2000s, 2004 10 Comments

Gérard Gavarry: Hoppla! 1 2 3

February 12, 2018May 21, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Gérard Gavarry’s Hoppla! 1 2 3, translated from the French by Jane Kuntz.

Categories Book Reviews, Gérard Gavarry Tags 2000s, 2001, French 8 Comments

Kamila Shamsie: Burnt Shadows

February 12, 2018May 13, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Kamila Shamsie’s Burnt Shadows.

Categories Book Reviews, Kamila Shamsie Tags 2000s, 2009 27 Comments

Richard Price: Lush Life

February 12, 2018May 1, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Richard Price’s Lush Life.

Categories Book Reviews, Richard Price Tags 2000s, 2008 13 Comments

Elizabeth Strout: Olive Kitteridge

January 15, 2018April 27, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Elizabeth Strout’s Pulitzer Prize winning Olive Kitteridge.

Categories Book Reviews, Elizabeth Strout Tags 2000s, 2008, Pulitzer Prize 22 Comments

David Foster Wallace: “This Is Water” and “Wiggle Room”

January 15, 2018April 20, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor looks at David Foster Wallace’s commencement speech “This Is Water” and his short story “Wiggle Room.”

Categories Book Reviews, David Foster Wallace Tags 2000s, 2005, Short Story 7 Comments

Junot Díaz: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

January 15, 2018April 1, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Junot Díaz’s 2007, Pulitzer Prize winning novel The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao.

Categories Book Reviews, Junot Díaz Tags 2000s, 2007, NBCC Award, Pulitzer Prize 14 Comments

Cormac McCarthy: The Road

January 11, 2018March 28, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Cormac McCarthy’s 2006 Pulitzer Prize winning novel The Road.

Categories Book Reviews, Cormac McCarthy Tags 2000s, 2006, Pulitzer Prize 26 Comments

Philip Roth: The Human Stain

January 11, 2018March 24, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Philip Roth’s 2000 novel The Human Stain.

Categories Book Reviews, Philip Roth Tags 2000, 2000s 18 Comments

Kevin Vennemann: Close to Jedenew

January 11, 2018March 4, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Keven Vennemann’s 2005 novella, Close to Jedenew, translated from the German by Ross Benjamin.

Categories Book Reviews, Kevin Vennemann Tags 2000s, 2005, German 7 Comments
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